Rapid acquisition of gigapascal-high-pressure resistance by Escherichia coli

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Vanlint, Dietrich ^a   Mitchell, Rachael ^b   Bailey, Edward ^b   Meersman, Filip ^b,c   McMillan, Paul F ^b   Michiels, Chris W ^a   Aertsen, Abram ^a  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 79955083491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00130-10     Document Type: Article

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